| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| puberulent | adjective | Very minutely downy. |
| pubescence | noun | The quality or state of being pubescent, or of having arrived at puberty., A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered. |
| pubescency | noun | Pubescence. |
| publicness | noun | The quality or state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as, the publicness of a sale., The quality or state of belonging to the community; as, the publicness of property. |
| publishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Publish |
| puddle-bar | noun | An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling. |
| puerperous | adjective | Bearing children. |
| pugilistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to pugillism. |
| pugnacious | adjective | Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. |
| puissantly | adverb | In a puissant manner; powerfully; with great strength. |
| pulmograde | adjective | Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae. |
| pulmometer | noun | A spirometer. |
| pulmonated | adjective | same as Pulmonate (a). |
| pulpitical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. |
| pulsatilla | noun | A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally. |
| pulsimeter | noun | A sphygmograph. |
| pulsometer | noun | A device, with valves, for raising water by steam, partly by atmospheric pressure, and partly by the direct action of the steam on the water, without the intervention of a piston; — also called vacuum pump., A pulsimeter. |
| pultaceous | adjective | Macerated; softened; nearly fluid. |
| purverable | adjective | Capable of being reduced to fine powder. |
| pulverized | imp. & past participle | of Pulverize |
| pulverizer | noun | One who, or that which, pulverizes. |
| pulvinated | adjective | Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze., Having the form of a cushion. |
| pulvinulus | noun | Same as Pulvillus. |
| pumicating | present participle & vb. noun | of Pumicate |
| pumiciform | adjective | Resembling, or having the structure of, pumice. |
| punctiform | adjective | Having the form of a point. |
| punctilios | plural | of Punctilio |
| punctually | adverb | In a punctual manner; promptly; exactly. |
| punctuated | imp. & past participle | of Punctuate |
| punctuator | noun | One who punctuates, as in writing; specifically, a punctator. |
| punctulate | adjective | Alt. of Punctulated |
| puncturing | present participle & vb. noun | of Puncture |
| punishable | adjective | Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; — said of person or offenses. |
| punishment | noun | The act of punishing., Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense., A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention. |
| pupigerous | adjective | Bearing or containing a pupa; — said of dipterous larvae which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them. |
| pupiparous | adjective | Bearing, or containing, a pupa; — said of the matured larvae, or larval skins, of certain Diptera., Of or pertaining to the Pupipara. |
| pupivorous | adjective | Feeding on the pupae of insects. |
| purchasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Purchase |
| puristical | adjective | Of or pertaining to purists or purism. |
| puritanism | noun | The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans. |
| puritanize | verb i. | To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans. |
| purloining | present participle & vb. noun | of Purloin |
| purplewood | noun | Same as Purpleheart. |
| purporting | present participle & vb. noun | of Purport |
| purposedly | adverb | In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design; purposely. |
| purposeful | adjective | Important; material. |
| pursership | noun | The office of purser. |
| pursuantly | adverb | Agreeably; conformably. |
| pursuivant | noun | A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; — called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively., The king’s messenger; a state messenger., To pursue. |
| purtenance | noun | That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal. |
| purrulence | noun | Alt. of Purulency |
| purulently | verb | In a purulent manner. |
| purveyance | noun | The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management., That which is provided; provisions; food., A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner’s consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished. |
| puseyistic | adjective | Alt. of Puseyite |
| pustulated | adjective | Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral. |
| putrefying | present participle & vb. noun | of Putrefy |
| putrescent | adjective | Becoming putrid or rotten., Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell. |
| putridness | noun | Putridity. |
| puzzlement | noun | The state of being puzzled; perplexity. |
| puzzlingly | adverb | In a puzzling manner. |